"Factory fires rising in South Asian nation as safety law flouted. [...] "The capacity of our Fire Department is poor when compared to other countries in the West or Europe. According to the global st ...
"New figures from The Institute of Customer Service revealed 44% of frontline service staff have experienced hostility from customers in the past six months – a rise from 35% in February 2022." ...
"Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed plastic from non-edible parts of the plant, a university press release said. This new plastic has prop ...
"I spoke about the issues of waste across the supply chain: not only the consequences of the Global North offshoring our waste to the Global South - an issue Rwanda took a stand against in 2018, which ...
"Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing has announced its support for a new International Labour Organization (ILO) initiative to enhance social security protection for garment workers in Bangladesh." ...
"Cotton fibers break down faster in land and water From research journals and news headlines to social posts, there is increasing attention to microplastics in our environment. People are listening an ...
"Eco-friendly packaging is an important piece of the sustainability puzzle, but not all options are created equal. Here’s the low-down on everything from compostable to recyclable packaging, and how y ...
"The New Zealand Merino Company’s (NZM) regenerative wool platform, ZQRX, has announced a partnership with the Savory Institute’s Land to Market programme in a bid to further support the former’s netw ...
"The court has denied bail to Johnny Das, accused in the case of attempting to rape a young woman and jumping off a moving bus at Bakalia in Chittagong. [...] The girl worked in a garment factory in t ...
"Indian women's rights activist and trade unionist Rukmini V. Puttaswamy received the 17th Solidarity Award from the German Senate Chancellery of the city of Bremen. Women’s rights organisation Femnet ...
"Bolstering labor productivity in Asia’s garment sector could improve wages, a new International Labour Organization report says, although many issues can influence variables and so inferences regardi ...
"Indian ecommerce company Flipkart has outlined a target of reaching net zero carbon emissions across its supply chain by 2040." ...
Workers at Sunrise Myanmar in Thardukan Industrial Zone 4, Shwepyithar Township, say they are no longer entitled to holiday leave, and have been been subject to a number of other workplace violations. ...
"The apparel industry in Bangladesh touched the milestone of having 163 US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified green factories, the highest ...
"H&M has suspended its use of product labelling tool, The Higg Materials Sustainability Index" ...
"Turkey ranked among the worst countries because of the suppression of strikes, arrests of unionists and the systematic prevention of union activities, according to the ITUC index." ...
"Technologies aren't automatically sustainable, physical garments won't disappear and it is diverting resources from solving real problems." ...
"Map the gap This interactive map, created in collaboration with WageIndicator, shows the average living wage gap across selected countries linked to the fashion and textile industry. It shows that in ...
"Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) ("Company" or "Kraig Labs"), the biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of spider silk, announces that, in collaboratio ...
"A subject that is as important as it is complex, given that hundreds of chemicals are used along the textile chain. [Aslihan] Memisoglu used five practical examples to show what the companies in the ...
